San Francisco, California – AJ Rafael launches a Christmas fundraiser campaign for CRIBS (Create Responsive Infants by Sharing) Foundation, a welfare institution committed to the care and recovery of abandoned and abused children in the Philippines. AJ Rafael has partnered up with the Philippine Development Foundation (formerly Ayala Foundation USA) to help facilitate the fundraiser campaign.

CRIBS is also raising funds for two hearing aids for two of its babies, Nico and Mateo. Nico is a brave-hearted boy who survived heart surgery last January. He is found to have moderate hearing loss on both ears. Mateo on the other hand is a one-year old baby who was diagnosed with total hearing impairment on the day he turned one last October.

AJ Rafael pledges to give back and launches this campaign as he prepares to visit the Philippines in January 2012, during his Red Roses Southeast Asia concert tour with his band. AJ Rafael will be visiting CRIBS during his visit.